close; intimate; on good terms
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
place; room; margin; scope
last night; yesterday evening
net news; network news; Usenet
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
routine work; everyday work
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
around the clock; day and night
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
husband and wife; married couple
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)
because of; owing to; due to
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious